On 15 February 2019, Yuri Oganessian held the seminar “Mendeleev Periodic Table 150” in the Flerov Laboratory of Nuclear Reactions.

The programme of the seminar concerned the 150th anniversary of Mendeleev’s creation of the Periodic table of chemical elements and the International Year of the Periodic Table of Chemical Elements (IYPT2019). The synthesis of new elements, study of their properties are today the most relevant scientific areas of physics of atomic nuclei and heavy atoms. Regarding the launch of the SHE Factory at JINR, the report considered the further development of studies of superheavy elements at the border of the Periodic Table.

Photos by Elena Puzynina (JINR Scientific Information Department)